the course
[price]USD
- All five lessons, yours to keep
- The printable workbook and cost sheet
- A listing template
- Free updates when the tools change
a five-lesson course in the hobby to side hustle series
hobby to side hustle
Learn alongside me. Five short lessons from me seeing this through: taking something you already love making or doing and working out whether it can pay for itself. I share what I learned, real costs and honest numbers, and you ask yourself the same questions as you go.
honest fit check
is this for you?
hobby to side hustlefor you if
- people keep asking where you got the thing you made
- you'd like a little income, not a second job
- you're fine with honest numbers, even small ones
skip it if
- you're after get-rich-quick tricks
- you need replacement income this month
- you want someone else to pick the hobby for you
by the end of lesson five
what we'll work out
Each lesson ends with one thing to try that night and the five check-ins: did I learn something, did I enjoy it, did I push through something hard, did I see it through, did I show my kids the behavior I want them to have?
- pick the hobby people already ask you about
- work out what one really costs, time included
- ask real people before you make a batch
- keep family details out of every listing and post
- write a listing and keep a cost sheet with simple tools
- explain it to the kids and protect one hour a week
what's inside
five lessons
Short videos, a printable workbook, a cost sheet and one small task a night.
01start with what you love
- List what you make, fix or explain that people already ask you about
- Sort it into "love doing" and "only on a good day"
- Pick one to test for the next four lessons
tonight: set a 2-minute timer and write down three things people have asked you to make, fix or explain.
02can i sell this?
- Run the four-part check on your idea
- Add up what one item really costs: materials, time and fees
- Ask three people your questions before you make a batch
tonight: write the four-part check for your idea, then list every cost of making one.
03keep it private
- Learn the never-share list: kids' names and faces, school, home address, routines that place your family
- Swap real details for stand-ins, like "the kids" instead of names
- Turn off location tags on the photos you post
tonight: check that the photos you post don't carry your location.
04tools that help
- Shoot and write one listing with your phone and a template
- Set up a simple spreadsheet for honest numbers
- Spot and fix the one thing a tool got wrong
tonight: block one 30-minute session on your calendar this week and name what you'll make in it.
05the family talk
- Explain your side hustle in one sentence a kid will repeat
- Agree on three house rules together
- Pick one weekly hour that belongs to the side hustle
tonight: at dinner, ask "what do you think I should make next?" and write down one answer word for word.
5short lessons, one a night
100minutes of video, total
2printables: the workbook and the cost sheet
from the first group
what people said
Placeholders. Swap in real replies, with permission, and never use names or photos.
[A real reply from a student, with permission. What they made, and what changed once they knew their numbers.]
[A second real reply, with permission.]
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two ways in
One payment and you keep the course. Prices are [slots] until launch.
course + live Q&A
[price]USD
- Everything in the course
- [number] live Q&A calls
- Recordings if bedtime runs long
- Cameras off is fine for you
the guarantee
try the whole thing
Take every lesson. If it wasn't useful, email me within [refund window] days and I'll refund you. There's no form and no quiz about why.
questions
the honest answers
Will I make money?
Maybe. The course won't promise you will, and nobody honest can. You'll know your real costs, a price you can explain and whether it's worth it for you.
Do I need a hobby already?
It helps. If you're between hobbies, lesson one has a short way to pick one to test.
Do I need special tools?
No. A spreadsheet and a phone camera cover every lesson. Where a tool could save time on a first draft of a listing, I say so, and every step works without it.
How long do I have access?
For as long as the course exists, plus a downloadable copy of the workbook, so you keep that no matter what.
I'm not a business person.
That's who it's for. If you can make the thing and use a spreadsheet a little, you have what the course needs.
lesson one is short
start tonight
Enroll, watch lesson one after bedtime, and write down three things people have asked you to make, fix or explain.
enroll for [price][refund window]-day refund. One payment. No upsell emails.